Resources

Links:
PBS Online NewsHour
Across the country, homeless people are working for newspapers that deliver news about life on the street to the homeless and the general public. With roughly 3.5 million homeless people in America, these "street newspapers" provide important information about poverty and new ways to combat it. Terence Smith looks at the challenges behind the Washington, D.C. paper, Street Sense.

StreetSense.org
Where the Washington area's poor earn and give their two cents.

No Man is an Island
A satirical article about being marooned on a Broadway traffic Island. "The Fed" is Columbia University's alternative newspaper.

Sean Mullsteff Teen Driving Foundation
Our Mission is to Save Teen Lives!

Books:
Concrete Island
by: J.G. Ballard 1994
A London architect is driving home from work when his car swerves and crashes onto a traffic island lying below three converging motorways. Fortunately, he is not injured. He climbs up the embankment to find help, but no one will stop for him.